Siloxane-modified urea derivatives

ABSTRACT

NEW ORGANOSILOXANE- AND CARBAMATE-MODIFIED UREA DERIVATIVES COMPRISE AT LEAST ONE STRUCTURAL UNIT OF THE FORMULA   (O(3-M/2)-SI(-R&#39;&#39;)M-CH(-R&#34;)-N(-R&#34;&#39;&#39;)-CO-NH-Q-NH-COO-(CNH2N-   O)B)C-Q   AND OPTIONALLY FURTHER STRUCTURAL UNITS OF THE FORMULA   (R&#39;&#39;)A-SI-O(4-A/2)   WHEREIN HOWEVER AT LEAST ONE OF A THOUSAND STRUCTURAL UNITS CORRESPONDS TO THE FIRST OF THE ABOVE FORMULAE. IN THESE FORMULAE R&#39;&#39; IS A M ONOVALENT HYDROCARBON RADICAL, R&#34; AND R&#34; ARE HYDROGEN ATOMS OR MONOVALENT HYDROCARBON RADICALS, Q&#39;&#39; IS A BIVALENT HYDROCARBON RADICAL, Q IS A MONOVALENT TO HEXAVALENT HYDROCARBON RADICAL, M IS 0, 1 OR 2, N IS 2, 3 OR 4, A IS 0, 1, 2 OR 3, B IS ZERO OR AN INTERGER FROM 1 TO 200, AND C IS THE VALENCY NUMBER OF Q. THESE UREA DERIVATIVES ARE PREPARED EITHER BY HYDROLYZING A CORRESPONDING ALKOXYSILYL-SUBSTITUTED CARBAMATEMODIFIED UREA DERIVATIVE, OPTIONALLY IN ADMIXTURE WITH HYDROCARBON-SUBSTITUTED ALKOXYSILANES, OR BY REACTING A CORRESPONDING AMINOLKYL-SUBSTITUTED POLYSILOXANE WITH AN ISOCYANATE-MODIFIED CARBAMIC ACID ESTER OF THE FORMULA   (O-CN-Q&#39;&#39;-NH-COO-(CNH2N-O)B)C-Q   THE PRODUCTS ARE TO BE USED AS PRIMING AGENTS IMPARTING ADHESION TO SYNTHETIC RESINS ON SILICEOUS SURFACES, AS SURFACTANTS AND AS INTERMEDIATES FOR ORGANO-POLYSILOXANE RESINS.

United States Patent ()1 fice US. Cl. 260-448.2 N 6 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE New organosiloxaneand carbamate-modified urea derivatives comprise at least one structural unit of the formula and optionally further structural units of the formula R,SiO T wherein however at least one of a thousand structural units corresponds to the first of the above formulae.

In these formulae R is a monovalent hydrocarbon radical, R" and R are hydrogen atoms or monovalent hydrocarbon radicals, Q is a bivalent hydrocarbon radical, Q is a monovalent to hexavalent hydrocarbon radical, misO,1or2,nis2,3or4,ais0, l,2or3,biszeroor an integer from 1 to 200, and c is the valency number of T hese urea derivatives are prepared either by hydrolyzing a corresponding alkoxysilyl-substituted carbamatemodified urea derivative, optionally in admixture with hydrocarbon-substituted alkoxysilanes, or by reacting a corresponding aminoalkyl-substituted polysiloxane with an isocyanate-modified carbamic acid ester of the formula The products are to be used as priming agents imparting adhesion to synthetic resins on siliceous surfaces, as surfactants and as intermediates for organo-polysiloxane resins.

The present invention relates to new carbo-functional organosiloxane compounds and to processes for their production.

These compounds can be regarded as urea derivatives and, in particular, as siloxane-modified and, as well, carbamate-modified urea derivatives which comprise at least one structural unit of the general formula and further structural units, each of which can individually correspond either to the above formula or, up to a total of less than a thousand times the number of units of said formula, to the general formula analo 3,657,303 Patented Apr. 18, 1972 In these formulae, and also in all subsequent formulae,

R is an optionally halogen-substituted or cyano-substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl radical having up to 10 carbon atoms,

R" is a hydrogen atom or a methyl or phenyl radical,

R' is a hydrogen atom or an optionally halogen-substituted or cyano-substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl or anyl radical having up to 10 carbon atoms,

Q is an alkylene radical having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, a

cycloalkylene, arylalkylene, arylene or alkylarylene radical having up to 10 carbon atoms or an arylene radical which is derived from diphenylmethane by the removal of two hydrogen atoms,

Q is a monovalent to hexavalent saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having up to 6 carbon atoms,

In is 0, 1 or 2,

n is 2, 3 or 4,

ais0,1,2or3,

b is zero or an integer from 1 to 200, and

c is the valency number of Q,

with these radicals and numerical values being selected independently of one another at any point of a molecule.

These compounds are suitable for use as adhesion-promoting intermediate layers on siliceous surfaces which shall be coated with plastics, and also as interface-active agents and as intermediates for the manufacture of organosiloxane resins. Their urea grouping and also their carbamate grouping impart to them a certain polarity and hence, in comparison to the non-functional organosilicon compounds, result in a reduction of the occasionally disadvantageous solubility in non-polar solvents. Furthermore their viscosity, caused by the urea grouping, is relatively high, which is desirable for several organopolysiloxane resins.

The present invention also provides a process for the production of these compounds, in which a sil yl-substituted urea derivative of the general formula in which, as also in the subsequent formulae, R is an alkyl I or cycloalkyl radical having up to 6 carbon atoms or a phenyl radical,

polysiloxane which consists of at least one structural unit of the general formula and further structural units, each of which individually corresponds either also to this formula or, up to a total of less than a thousand times the number of units of this formula to the general formula R,SiO

is reacted with an isocyanate-modified carbamic acid ester of the general formula C nHBn'- b c at a temperature between and 150 C., preferably between 20 and 60 C., optionally in the presence of a diluent.

For the hydrolytic reaction first mentioned above it is advantageous to use 0.01 normal to 1 normal aqueous hydrochloric acid instead of pure Water for accelerating the reaction, and to use up to three times the minimum amount thereof. Instead of the hydrochloric acid it is also possible to use other acids but if these are of low volatility they must be neutralized, before isolation of the reaction product, by means of a base, for example aqueous or alcoholic sodium hydroxide solution, ammonia or an amine. The hydrolysis can also be carried out in the presence of a solvent as sometimes usual for such hydrolytic reactions, such as ethanol, toluene, tetrahydrofuran or dioxane. After completion of the reaction and, if necessary, neutralization, the product is freed of the volatile components such as alcohol, excess water or acid by heating the reaction mixture under reduced pressure, and of salt which may have precipitated during the neutralization by filtration or by centrifuging.

The silyl-substituted urea derivatives which are to be subjected to the hydrolysis are obtained, according to a process described in our copending patent application Ser. No. 880,430 filed Nov. 26, 1969, by reacting an aminoalkylsilane derivative of the general formula with an isocyanate-modified carbamic acid ester of the general formula at a temperature between 20 and 150 C., optionally in the presence of a diluent.

This reaction in general proceeds exothermically; if necessary, its course can be moderated by cooling and the completion of the reaction accelerated by warming if it subsides. Suitable diluents are both inert solvents such as cyclohexane or toluene, and also alcoholic hydroxyl compounds, including higher molecular hydroxyl compounds, and mixtures of these kinds. The hydroxyl compounds can be used for the dilution because isocyanates are known to react considerably more rapidly with amines than with alcohols. If a non-volatile higher molecular hydroxyl compound has been chosen as the diluent, especially, for example, a polyalkylene glycol monoalkyl ether of the general formula hydrolysis and condensation of corresponding alkoxysilanes of the general formula or of mixtures of these alkoxysilanes and those of the general formula In those cases where, per hundred structural units of the process product, a number of 70 or more are to be units of the general formula Rgsto the method in which the halogenalkyl-substituted polysiloxanes consisting of structural units of the general formulae are reacted with an amine of formula R"'NH to give the corresponding aminoalkyl-substituted polysiloxanes is furthermore to be recommended. It is known that the above mentioned aminoalkylsilane derivatives of the general formula are also obtained in an analogous manner. For this purpose, it is advantageous in all these cases to choose primary amines with boiling points about 40 C. such as cyclohexylamine or isobutylamine, which are preferably used in a five-fold to ten-fold excess and which then serve as reaction components for the product which is to be obtained and at the same time as acid-binding agents and diluents. The reaction is then allowed to take place at a temperature between 20 and 150 C., preferably between 50 and C., and after filtering off the ammonium halide which has precipitated and removing excess amine and other easily volatile constituents from the filtrate by distillation, the aminoalkylsilicon compounds are obtained as the residue.

The isocyanate-modified carbamic acid esters to be used in the various embodiments of the process according to the invention which have been described above are obtained according to known processes by reaction of diisocyanates, for example toluylene-diisocyanate-(2,4) or hexamethylene-diisocyanate, with hydroxyl compounds of formula wherein the diisocyanate is preferably employed in a considerable excess, so that the number of OCN- groups in the initial reaction mixture is four to six times the number of HO groups, and the diisocyanate remaining at the end of the reaction is removed by distillation, here again advantageously in a thin layer evaporator.

The present invention is illustrated in and by the following examples.

EXAMPLE 1 Its content of OCN- groups is 2.62 percent by weight and its average molecular weight is 1605 g. 3 cm. of normal aqueous hydrochloric acid are added 161 g. (0.1 mol) of this isocyanate-modified carbarnic to 80 g. (0.044 mol) of a silyl-substituted urea derivative acid ester are mixed with 21.5 g. (0.1 mol) of the N- of the formula 5 cyclohexyl-(arninomethyl)dimethylethoxysilane described I o (H) H.c

and this mixture is heated to 100 C. for 4 hours in order under (a) and the mixture is stirred for hours, in the to elTect hydrolysis. Thereafter the easily volatile concourse of which the temperature transiently rises up to stituents are removed at the same temperature whilst re- 15 C. The product which is present at the end of the reducing the pressure to 1 mm. Hg and a clear, water-soluaction is a light yellow clear viscous oil which is soluble ble oil is obtained as a residue, having a composition in water and has a composition corresponding to the corresponding to the formula formula given at the beginning of the example.

The silyl-substituted urea derivative to be used for the EXAMPLE 2 hydrolytic reaction according to this example can be f t d as f ll 10 cm. of water are added 133.5 g. (0.05 mol) of a (a) 2376 g. (24 mols) cyclohexylamine are heated to silyl-substit-uted urea derivative of the formula 2 C. and 748 g. (4 mols) dimethyl-(bromomethyl)- with p on average- 28.4, and the mixture is stirred for ethoxysilane are added dropwise thereto whilst stirring; 2 hours to complete the hydrolysis reaction. Thereafter in the course of this, the reaction temperature is kept at easily volatile constituents are removed by heating to at between and C. Thereafter the reaction mixture 40 most 80 C. under 0.5 mm. Hg and as the product of is heated for a further 2 hours to C. and after coolthe siloxane condensation a clear highly viscous residue ing the precipitated amine salt is filtered ofi. Fractional is obtained, consisting of structural units which on averdistillation of the filtrate at 15 mm. Hg and between age corresponding to the formula 2 and C. yields the N-cyclohexyl-(aminomethyl)di- The silyl-substituted urea derivative to be used acmethylethoxysilane of the formula cording to this example can be obtained in the following manner: 1000 g. of a polypropylene glycol manufactured in a C2HBO SI(CH3)T CH2 NH 3 55 known manner by oxalkylation of 1 mol 1,2-dihydroxypropane with 28.4 mols propylene oxide having an aver age molecular weight of 2000, are mixed with 522 g. (3

mols) toluylene-diisocyanate-(2,4) and the mixture is butyl ether WhlCh 1s manufactured in a known manner by heated f r 6 hours to 70 The reaction mixture is then ox lkyl ion 0f 1 H101 n-butflnol Y with 17 mols freed of excess toluylene-diisocyanate in a thin layer ethylene Oxide and thereafter with 13 mols P QPY 60 evaporator at 0.2 mm. Hg and C. The composition oxide, and which has an average molecular weight of f the residue corresponds to the formula 1550, are mixed at 20 to 25 C. with 1740 g. 10 mols) toluylene-diisocyanate-(2,4) and the mixture 1s heated having a refractive index 21 1.4510.

(b) 3000 g. of an anhydrous polyalkylene glycol monofor 5 hours at 70 C. The reduction product is then OCN- NHCO- -C H -0 freed of the excess toluylene-diisocyanate by, if necessary 65 g repeated, thin layer distillation at 0.1 to 0.2 mm. Hg and H3 150 C. A light yellow oil is obtained as the residue, 2

without significant loss in yield, the composition of the il co -responding t th f l with p on average=28.4. Its content of OCN groups 70 is 3.75 percent by weight, and its equivalent weight is hence 1120 g. 112 g. (0.1 gram equivalent) of this iso NH. C. o C H 0 /()ZH O\ C4H, cyanate-modified carbamic acid ester are mixed with 21.5 1| /n\ /n g. (0.1 mol) of the N-cyclohexyl-(aminomethyl)-dimethylethoxysilane described in the appendix to Example 1 75 under (a), in the course of which the temperature rises to 40 C., and the mixture is stirred for one hour to complete the addition reaction. The urea derivative thereby formed can be directly subjected to the hydrolysis and condensation described in the example.

EXAMPLE 3 77.3 g. (0.1 gram equivalent) of an aminoalkyl-substituted polysiloxane of the formula are dissolved in 150 cm. anhydrous toluene, and a solution of 158.5 g. (0.1 mol) of an isocyanate-modified carbamic acid ester of the formula SiCH;

The aminoalkyl-substitutued polysiloxane to be used for this reaction can be manufactured as follows:

A mixture of 99 g. (0.6 mol) methyltrichlorosilane, 1548 g. (12 mols) dimethyldichlorosilane and 375 g. (2 mols) dimethyl-(bromomethyl)-chlorosilane is allowed to run dropwise during the course of one hour into 4 litres of water to effect the hydrolysis and siloxane condensation, and the polysiloxane phase thereby formed is separated olf after cooling and then mixed with 30 g. hydrogen-montmorillonite as an equilibration catalyst. This mixture is heated to 150 C. under a reflux condenser equipped with a water separator and is stirred at this temperature, with simultaneous introduction of nitrogen, until no further water condenses in the separator. Thereafter heating is continued for a further 5 hours at 150 C.; after cooling, the reaction mixture is filtered. The filtrate obtained is a polysiloxane of the formula SlCH3 containing 12.3 percent by weight of bromine in BrCH groups.

500 g. thereof, containing 0.77 gram atom of Br, are mixed with 410 g. (4.15 mols) cyclohexylamine and the mixture is heated for 3 hours to a temperature of between and C. It is then cooled to a temperature of between 0 and 5 C., and the cyclohexylammonium bromide which has precipitated is filtered off and rinsed with 100 cm. cyclohexylamine. Volatile constituents are distilled from the filtrate, initially at 13 mm. Hg and at most 120 C., and the remaining volatile constituents are removed from the residue in a thin layer evaporator at a pressure of between 0.5 and 1 mm. Hg and at C. Small further amounts of ammonium salt which have precipitated in the course thereof are removed by renewed filtration. A filtrate is obtained which in addition to 0.1 percent by weight of tertiary-bonded nitrogen contains 1.81 percent by Weight of nitrogen in its secondary cyclohexyl-aminomethyl groups and which is to be reacted in accordance with the example with the isocyanate-modified carbamic acid ester mentioned therein.

This ester can be manufactured as follows:

3000 g. of an anhydrous polyalkylene glycol monobutyl ether which is manufactured in a known manner by oxalkylation of 1 mol n-butanol firstly with 17 mols ethylene oxide and further with 13 mols propylene oxide, and having an average molecular weight of 1550, are mixed at 20 to 25 C. with 1680 g. (10 mols) hexamethylene-diisocyanate and the mixture is heated to 90 C. for 20 hours. The reaction product is then freed of the excess hexamethylene-diisocyanate by, if necessary repeated, thin layer distillation at 0.1 to 0.2 mm. Hg and C. An isocyanate-modified carbamic acid ester of the formula indicated in the example is obtained as a pale yellow oily residue, without significant loss of yield. Its content of OCN- groups is 2.55 percent by weight and its average molecular weight is 1585.

EXAMPLE 4 68.9 g. (0.1 gram equivalent) of an aminoalkyl-substituted polysiloxane of the formula IIIH IIIH 11TH are reacted, in a manner analogous to that described in Example 3, with 158.5 g. (0.1 mol) of the isocyanatemodified carbamic acid ester used in Example 3. The highly viscous residue which finally remains after distilling off the solvent is also easily soluble in cold water; its composition essentially corresponds to the formula wherein -Z denotes the radical The aminoalkyl-substituted polysiloxane to be used in this example can be manufactured as follows, analogously to the process described in the appendix to Example 3:

A mixture of 1960 g. (15.2 mols) dimethyldichlorosilane, 166.5 g. (0.8 mol) methyl-(bromomethyl)-dichloro-silane and 300 g. (1.6 mols) dimethyl-(bromomethyl)- chloro-silane is added dropwise during the course of one hour to 4 litres of water to effect the hydrolysis and siloxane condensation, and the polysiloxane phase thereby formed is separated off under cooling and then mixed with 40 g. hydrogen-montmorillonite as an equilibration catalyst. This mixture is heated to 150 C. under a reflux condenser provided with a water separator and stirred at this temperature, with simultaneous introduction of nitrogen, until no further water condenses in the separator. Thereafter heating is continued at 150 C. for a further 5 hours; after cooling, the reaction mixture is filtered, and a polysiloxane of the formula containing 12.5 percent by weight of bromine in BrCH groups is obtained as the filtrate.

1134 g. thereof, containing 1.77 gram atoms of Br, are mixed with 990 g. mols) cyclohexylamine and in other respects the procedure previously described is followed. The polysiloxane obtained after the last filtration contains, in addition to 0.1 percent by weight of tertiary-bonded nitrogen, 2.03 percent by weight of nitrogen in its Si-bonded secondary cyclohexylaminomethyl groups; its composi- 10 in which formulae R is a radical having up to 10 carbon atoms, selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, halogenated alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl, and cyano-substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, and aryl,

R" is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a methyl radical and a phenyl radical,

R'" is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a radical having up to 10 carbon atoms, said radical being selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, halogenated alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl, and cyano-substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl,

Q is a bivalent hydrocarbon radical selected from the group consisting of alkylene having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, cycloalkylene, arylalkylene, arylene and alkylarylene, each of them having up to 10 carbon atoms, and arylene derived from diphenylmethane by the removal of two hydrogen atoms,

Q is a monovalent to hexavalent saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having up to 6 carbon atoms,

m is selected from 0, 1 and 2,

n is selected from 2, 3 and 4,

a is selected from 0, 1, 2 and 3,

b is selected from 0 and the integers from 1 to 200, and c is the valency number of Q,

the above defined radicals and numerical values being selected independently of one another at any point of a molecule.

2. A compound according to claim 1, having the formula tion on average corresponds to the formula given at the beginning of the example.

and optionally at least one further structural unit each of which is individually selected from the group consisting of units corresponding to the above formula and, up to a total of less than a thousand times the number of units of said formula, of units corresponding to the general formula RaSrOi:E

3. A compound according to claim 1, having polymer segments of the formula p being, on average, equal to 28.4.

4. A compound according to claim 1, having the formula 5. A compound according to claim 1, having the formula CH1 H2 11 12 wherein Z denotes the radical 3,346,609 10/ 1967 Klebe 260448.2 N f f 3,172,784 3/1965 Klebe 260448.2 N X -\CHzTNHCOTC3HGOfiC2 4-OT 4 9 3,049,559 8/1962 Montgomery 260448.2 N 1', 2,966,507 12/1960 Montgomery 260448.2 N 6. Compound according to claim 1, wherein m is select- 5 2907782 10/1959 Pike 2604882 N ed from 1 and 2, and a is selected from 1, 2, and 3. DELBERT G ANTZ, Primary Examiner References Cited P. F. SHAVER, Assistant Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 10 118- CL X R 3,208,971 9/1965 Gilkey et a1. 260448.2 N X 3,361,783 1/1968 Fi k 26() 448 2 N 117-123 C; 252357; 26046.5 E, 448.2 E, 448.2 B, 3,506,701 4/ 1970 DiPaola 260448.2 N 448.8 R, 824 R, 825

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Signed and sealed this- 26th day of September- 1972.

(SEAL) Attest:

AglfilgligJ'gfigqlgbmJR. ROBERT GOT'I'SCHALK' g 1 er Commissionerof Patents 

